The RPSS Excellence Award seeks to provide recognition for the best Russian Studies senior majors and minors who made a major contribution to the Russian Studies program in the areas of research, language and culture studies.

On March 21st at 5:15 pm our five students and the Russian House Tutor Olga Makarova were inducted into Dobro Slovo, the National Slavic Honor Society. Congratulations to them on this honor!
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of our Chapter! Our induction ceremony took place in the historic Wren Chapel.

The Russian and Post Soviet Studies Program is having its traditional End of Semester Dinner this Saturday, December 7, at 5pm in the Russian House.
Come and enjoy delicious Russian food, meet your classmates and professors.

Monday, September 30th, 5 pm, Washington Hall 315.
Join Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program Faculty to find out more about the courses, Study Abroad Program in Saint Petersburg, the Russian House, Gazeta, and the Russian Language Olympics.

The selection committee has awarded the 2013 Dobro Slovo Scholarship to Taylor Lain. The Dobro Slovo Scholarship was established in 2005.
The Scholarship is funded by the donations of Russian alumni and faculty and is intended for students studying on the W & M Summer
Study Abroad Program in St. Petersburg.

Alex McGrath has been selected to receive the Post Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award!
Organized under the auspices of ACTR (the American Council of Teachers of Russian), this national award seeks to provide recognition for the best Russian Studies senior students nationwide--those students who best embody an enthusiasm for and love of things Russian.

On Thursday, March 21st, Professor Irina Paperno (U. of California) will be giving a talk entitled, ”How We Used to Live: Survivors of the Soviet regime.” The talk will be held in Wash 201, from 5 – 6 pm. Here is a brief description: Since the collapse of communism, there has been an outpouring of personal documents about life under the Soviet regime. The talk discusses such stories of the Soviet experiences–memoirs, diaries, blogs, and recorded dreams–and suggests ways of seeing them as a cultural trend.

Michael S. Gorham, University of Florida, will be giving a lecture, “Russia’s Digital Revolution,” in which he examines political communication in the age of the internet and new media technologies, considering a wide range of strategies—rhetorical, political, and technological—that have helped shape, for better or for worse, civic culture in Russia today.

"Montage and Identity in Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929)"
Professor John MacKay, of Yale University, will be giving a talk on Vertov’s groundbreaking film, Man with a Movie Camera (1929), on Thursday, September 27th, at 5 pm in Washington 201.

"The Legacy of the First Russian Cartographic Firm."
Presentation and Film Screening
Presenters Maggie Burke and Caitlin Oakley
August 2nd talk at 3pm
Rosenwald Room in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

July 26. Caitlin Oakley, Maggie Burke, MK Gavin to Showcase their Research Findings at the Library of Congress.
If you are in DC area, this is a great opportunity to see students' summer
research results and to get ideas about future internship and research
opportunities.

Migration, urban space and motion picture film have a shared history that has shaped human existence since the end of the 19th century. What is the relationship between migration, city, and film in films about Russia and Russians?

Friday, October 7, 3:00PM-4:00PM (Reves Room, Reves Center for International Studies)
Dr. Steve Hanson, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Director of the Reves Center for International Studies, is presenting “20 Years After the Collapse of the USSR - What Have We Learned?” Refreshments will be served.

Russian Studies Program begins broadcasting on You Tube. The first program is dedicated to the Post-Soviet Russian Television Symposum, which was held April 7-9, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/wmrussian

As an executive of the United Technologies Corporation, Peter Barzach developed, implemented and managed the start-up of the first US Manufacturing Joint Venture (JV) with a member company of the Russian Ministry of Defense in history.